China‘s ambassador to the UK today insisted Uighur Muslims live in ‘peace and harmony’ despite being confronted with video appearing to show shackled prisoners being herded onto trains. Appearing on the Andrew Marr Show, Liu Xiaoming denied reports that China is carrying out a programme of sterilisation of Uighur women in the western Xinjiang region. Reports have … Read more
1) University of Glasgow 31% of total tuition income paid by Chinese students £70million estimated income from Chinese students 10% of students from China 2) University of Liverpool 29% of total tuition income paid by Chinese students £89million estimated income from Chinese students 19% of students from China 3) University of Sheffield 26% of total … Read more
China today accused Downing Street of ‘dancing to America’s tune’ after Huawei was banned from the UK’s 5G network as Beijing also warned imposing sanctions on officials over human rights abuses would be met with a ‘resolute response’. Liu Xiaoming, China’s ambassador to the UK, said excluding the Chinese tech giant from the infrastructure represented … Read more
Chinese social media giant TikTok has reportedly shelved plans to build a global headquarters in London amid growing concern about Beijing’s influence in Britain. TikTok, a viral video app which is popular among teenagers, had been in discussions with the Department for International Trade and No 10 to establish a worldwide base in the capital. … Read more
China warns British firms ‘retaliation is coming’ and they are ‘in the firing line’ over Downing Street’s Huawei decision amid claims UK told the company US pressure was partly to blame for 5G network ban UK Government announced last week Huawei is being banned from 5G network Chinese tech giant’s equipment will be stripped out … Read more
A controversial Chinese social-media firm’s plans to establish its global headquarters in the UK have been thrown into doubt amid growing concern about Beijing’s influence in Britain. TikTok, a viral video app that is hugely popular among teenagers, had earmarked London as a possible location for its HQ as part of an attempt to distance … Read more
The cyclist, an elderly peasant farmer, swerved into the path of our minibus on the quiet road in rural China. He went flying. He was clearly badly injured. We shouted at the driver to stop and get the man to hospital. But our Communist Party minder ordered him to drive on. It was 1979, and … Read more
As relations between the West and China plummet to new depths, we can at least take comfort from the fact that many of our leading academic institutions are still enjoying a healthy collaboration with their Chinese equivalents. Or can we? At times of conflict, the very word ‘collaboration’ has unfortunate connotations. An investigation by the … Read more
Horticulturalists have issued a warning after ‘hundreds’ of British gardeners received unsolicited deliveries of seeds thought to have been sent from China. The mysterious packages have been posted to customers who previously made legitimate seed purchases through sites such as Amazon marketplace and eBay. But many of the gardeners were left baffled after receiving unexpected … Read more
UN urges world to use energy-efficient air conditioners in order to reduce greenhouse gases because ‘we are essential cooking ourselves’ The United Nations released a report about the dangers of air conditioners The devices contain a chemical that releases greenhouse gasses into the air The group is urging the world to switch to energy-efficient cooling … Read more